The post was a warning about a spam-scam that's been circulating for a while. Awareness of frauds is the best defence against them. See something, say something! This was the original post:

Fancy a giggle?

Here's one from our sandbox today.

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It's so hilariously bad it requires no further explanation. 

But LinkedIn, using its rubbish computerised systems managed to misinterpret it not once but twice.

The first time was an instant pop-up response: making some bizarre connection to FinCrimeTV, it said turn this into a job post. 

There's history: the last time I was banned from LinkedIn I was told it was because I had posted an inappropriate job ad. That was a lie: I have never posted a job on LinkedIn. LinkedIn didn't reinstate me until after I'd gone through a dubious verification process with a company which had terms as to privacy that did not protect my privacy or my data and LinkedIn never did tell me the real reason I'd been banned. Worse, that dubious verification, enough to let me, an alleged risk, back on the platform was not enough to "verify" myself for that persistent nag - and that I will not do because it requires installing LinkedIn on my mobile phone which is a fundamental security risk because, like Meta's software, I have no idea what it's raiding. 

So back to this week:

On a scale of one to stupid, we are already beyond stupid. 

Then it got worse.

There is absolutely no indication of exactly what has caused this and the "Professional Community Policies" is an alphabet spaghetti of meaningless words and phrases. There is no indication as to where the problem lies.

So there is only one conclusion I can reach:  LinkedIn has decided that a warning about a widespread fraud goes against its policies, whatever they are. That's more stupid than stupid. 

And then it became whatever is next after we've passed more stupid than stupid.

LinkedIn sent me an email. It's from updates-noreply@linkedin.com which looks innocuous. It's not innocuous. It said

"Nigel, help others recognize you by adding a new profile photo

Hi Nigel,

We recently removed your profile photo because it does not appear to be a photo of you, which violates the LinkedIn Profile Photo Policy.

On LinkedIn, we require members to use their real identities to keep LinkedIn safe, trusted, and professional for all members. For this reason, we require member's profiles to show their real identity, including in their profile photo. Adding a profile photo with your actual likeness allows others to recognize you and helps create authentic and trusted connections on LinkedIn.

We recommend adding a new profile photo as soon as you can. When selecting a photo to upload, please remember that profile photos can get flagged for:

- Not being an image of you or an actual photograph

- Containing copyrighted material

- Containing content that's unauthorized for public distribution

- Being considered offensive

For more details about our policies, please visit Help Center https://www.linkedin.com/comm/help/linkedin?lang=en&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apag…

Thanks for using LinkedIn!

The LinkedIn Team

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This email was intended for Nigel Morris-Cotterill (Financial Crime Risk specialist. Author. Accidental cartoonist. Technophile. Critical thinker. Consult: Teach: Inform.)

Aside from wanting to scream "stop using my Christian name: it's infuriating" I wanted to reply.

1. the photo is of me. I took it, I uploaded it.
2. it's still there: I can see it.
3. "On LinkedIn, we require members to use their real identities to keep LinkedIn safe, trusted, and professional for all members. For this reason, we require member's profiles to show their real identity, including in their profile photo. " Total rubbish. LinkedIn is awash with fake profiles and photos. After so many years, it should be obvious I'm not one of them. Especially as LinkedIn put me through a dubious identification process only a few months ago (see, there was a point in telling you about the earlier incident)
4. "Adding a profile photo with your actual likeness allows others to recognize you and helps create authentic and trusted connections on LinkedIn." But, hey, we are LinkedIn and we'll allow fakes to flourish so long as they don't say anything important.

We used to have to deal with low level grunts with no authority whose primary "customer service" task was to prevent customers reaching decision makers. Now the grunts are protected by machines that are programmed to make stupid decision, to act on them and to prevent customers from resolving the problems the machines have caused.